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A brief overview of recent findings on return (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN inform on recent findings on return

19/11/2013

This EMN Inform provides an overview of current aspects of return in EU Schengen Member States and Norway, including statistics.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
forced return
return directive
voluntary return

Committee against Torture publishes final observations on Belgium

logo UNCHR

18/11/2013

The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed both positive and negative observations on Belgium, following the examination of the third periodic report on Belgium.

Theme:
International Protection
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
detention

Ad Hoc Query on removal policies

09/08/2013

10 Member States provided detailed information and statistical data on their removal policy, forced returns and assisted returns. This query was launched by the French EMN NCP

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
forced return
Frontex
return policy
voluntary return

Year Report 2012 (IOM Brussels)

03/07/2013

This very first edition of the IOM Brussels Country Office (CO) Year Report will give you a brief overview of activities undertaken in 2012 allowing a focus on specific areas of interest linked to the Belgian and Luxembourg migration context and more broadly to the European and global context.

Theme:
External Dimension
Family Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
voluntary return
development
reintegration

ADDE training: Current Questions on the Removal and Return of foreigners

23/05/2013

During this morning session, ADDE proposes to highlight and discuss applicable rules, recent case law and practices in the field of removal and return of foreigners.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
return directive

Annual Report 2012 (Immigration Office)

14/06/2013

The annual "activity report" 2012 of the Immigration Office is available.

Theme:
Economic migration
Family Migration
Student Migration
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Smuggling & Trafficking
Regularization
Data & Statistics
Keywords:
Immigration Office

Ad Hoc Query on legal assistance in detention centres

15/04/2013

The compilation of responses from 6 Member States to this French ad hoc query provides some useful information inter alia on organisations granted access to detention centres and sites accessible to such organisations.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
legal aid

South - South Return Migration: Challenges and Opportunities

25/03/2013

In this background note, the ACP Observatory on Migration assesses return migration in a South-South context, proposing return definitions, typologies and trends as well as a summary of current policies and best practices.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Keywords:
south-south migration
reintegration
sustainable return
return migrant

Establishing Identity for International Protection - EU synthesis (EMN)

cover synthesis report

21/02/2013

This Synthesis Report summarises the main findings of the EMN Focussed Study on Establishing Identity for International Protection: Challenges and Practices undertaken by EMN National Contact Points from 25 (Member) States.

Theme:
International Protection
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
identification
identity

Report launched to explore the current lack of uniform status across Europe for migrants who can't be returned

25/01/2013

The preliminary executive summary of the report concludes that it is necessary to push forward discussions in order to move towards legislation in the area in the near future.

Theme:
Regularization
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
tolerated status
non-removable migrant

Ad Hoc Query on the return of unaccompanied minors

17/01/2013

This compilation of responses to a French ad hoc query provides information on the removal of unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
age assessment
family tracing
forced return
unaccompanied minors
voluntary return

Open Return Centre purchased in Holsbeek industrial area, Flemish Brabant

08/01/2013

Today, Tuesday 8 January 2013, the act of purchase was signed for the building that will become the open return centre in Holsbeek.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
return centre
voluntary return

Responding to Migratory Pressures in 2011 (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform Responding Migratory Pressures 2011

03/01/2013

This EMN Inform provides a short overview of the main developments that took place in the EU in 2011 in response to increasing migratory pressure and specifically in relation to the six strategic priority areas of the EU Action on Migratory Pressure.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
External Dimension
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
border management
migration management
mobility partnership
readmission agreement

CMI Report: Review of the Information, Return and Reintegration of Iraqi Nationals to Iraq (IRRINI) Programme

29/11/2011

The Christian Michelsen Institute published a report commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration on the Norwegian Information, Return, and Reintegration of Iraqi Nationals to Iraq (IRRINI) Programme. The research has been done in cooperation with the University of Duhok.

Theme:
Integration
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
reintegration program
voluntary return

Omzetting terugkeerrichtlijn en invoering principe veilig land van oorsprong

24/11/2011

Theme:
Terugkeer & Readmissie
Type:
Nieuwsbericht
Keywords:
terugkeer
veilig land

Possibilities and realities of return migration

logo prio

06/10/2011

PREMIG is a four-year research project 2011-2014 based at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The project addresses return migration from Norway and the United Kingdom

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
forced return
return
voluntary return

EMN-rapport in de Vlaamse media

07/09/2011

Theme:
Irreguliere migratie
Terugkeer & Readmissie
Type:
Nieuwsbericht

Launching of the SEFOR Project

Logo Belgian Home Office

01/07/2011

The Belgian Immigration Office started the SEFOR Project, which aims at ensuring the follow-up of the migrants having received an order to leave the territory, if they are effectively returning to their country of origin, voluntarily or not (SEFOR meaning "Sensibilisation, Follow-up, Return)

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
voluntary return

Annual Report 2010, Immigration Office

Cover Annual Report 2010, Immigration Office

23/06/2011

This is the Annual Report 2010 of the Belgian Immigration Office (Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken/Office des Etrangers)

Theme:
Asylum
Migration
Economic migration
Family Migration
Citizenship & Nationality
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Smuggling & Trafficking
Regularization

Ad Hoc Query on the use of language analyses in the removal process

25/05/2011

Ad hoc query, requested on February 23, 2011 by the Belgian NCP concerning methods to determine the origin of irregular migrants by language analyses. 16 responses

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries

Annual Report 'Migration' 2010 (Centre)

Cover Annual Report Migration 2010

11/05/2011

The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre) published its fourth annual report 'Migration'. The Centre pleads for the third year in a row for a sustainable migration policy in Belgium.

Theme:
Asylum
Migration
Family Migration
Citizenship & Nationality
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Regularization
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
annual report
migration policy

Annual Report: Return and Emigration of Asylum Seekers Ex-Belgium (REAB)

Cover page REAB Annual Report 2010

04/05/2011

IOM published in cooperation with Fedasil the annual REAB-report 2010

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
IOM
REAB program
reintegration programmes
voluntary return

Vrijwillige terugkeer: moeilijk onderwerp, mogelijke toekomstpiste

12/04/2011

Theme:
Terugkeer & Readmissie
Publication type:
Rapport
Keywords:
terugkeer
vrijwillige terugkeer

Ad Hoc Query on EU laissez-passer

31/03/2011

Ad Hoc Query, requested by the Swedish NCP on 24 August 2010 concerning the issuing of EU Laissez-Passer for return of third country nationals - 20 responses

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
laissez-passer
return

Voluntary Return Programmes: Could they Assuage the effects of the Economic Crisis?

Cover page study

30/03/2011

To what extent the Voluntary Return Programmes for foreign workers can be helpful in order to decrease unemployment pressures in a context of economic crisis? In the background of lessons provided by experience in other countries, this paper analyzes the Spanish policy in that field.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
foreign workers
Spain
voluntary return

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